Income inequality: Atkinson index in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.4338 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Burkina Faso, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: atkinson index in Burkina Faso is 0.4338, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Burkina Faso peaked at 0.4338 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.3528, in 2014.
Burkina Faso ranks 30th of 174 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.4044 | — |
| 2011 | 0.4044 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.4044 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.4044 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3528 | -12.7% |
| 2015 | 0.3528 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.3528 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.3528 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.3528 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.4338 | +23.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4338 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.4338 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.4338 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.4338 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3815 | 0.3528 | 0.4338 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4338 | 0.4338 | 0.4338 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
More poverty & inequality data for Burkina Faso
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.19 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,198 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 18.4 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 18.4% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 4.36 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.555 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: atkinson index in Burkina Faso?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Burkina Faso was 0.4338 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4338 in 2019.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3528 in 2014.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Burkina Faso ranks 30th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.